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Totem PoleA50023

Medium sized (c. 12 ft length), carved pole. Figures, from top to bottom: eagle, upside down fish/seal, a humanoid figure, raven, frog at base.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sxwayxwey Rattle1768/58

Round hoop made of root is threaded through four pairs of scallop shells. Eight bunches of grey and black striped feathers are attached near top with bark strips. Carved wooden handle is in the form of a double-headed seal and is attached with two pieces of leather and three brass tacks.

Culture
Coast Salish ?
Material
wood, root ?, brass metal ?, paint, stain, adhesive, plastic ?, grass, skin, scallop shell and hawk feather
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sxwayxwey Wand1768/87

Carved wooden Sxwayxwey wand. Carved into the shape of a crouching animal with an open mouth, tapering to a long point at the tail end. Made of plain, smooth wood except where traces of old paint remain in carved indentations.

Culture
Coast Salish: K'omoks
Material
yew wood and paint
Made in
Comox, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sxwayxwey Wand1768/86 a-b

Pair of plain wooden sticks, tapered at ends and slightly curved. All ends are slightly flattened.

Culture
Coast Salish: K'omoks
Material
yew wood
Made in
Comox, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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House Board1605/2

Wooden plank, slightly concave on one side and slightly convex on the outer rough wood side. Signs of adze work, especially along one edge where the "lip" has been removed. Small nail holes and some nails throughout plank.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
cedar wood and metal
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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House Post of qiyəplenəxwA50003

Capilano house post. Carved wooden post depicting a male figure, Chief Capilano (qiyəplenəxʷ), with a U-shaped headdress. The face of the figure is round with straight brow-line and features engraved in low-relief. Covered with traces of red paint. Figure is in very bad condition and broken into several large pieces and separate arms.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Feast DishA3476

Rectangular wooden dish with carved lower legs/feet at both sides of a carved and painted face, in green, black and white, on front side of dish.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sxwayxwey MaskNbz716

Sawbill-face mask with protruding cylindrical eyes. Two bird's heads on top of face. A third bird's head forms the nose. Unpainted.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
wood
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood Chest PanelNb3.1454 a-b

Two bentwood chest panels. Part a: flattened panels with a short side and a longer side divided by a bevelled channel on the reverse, painted with an expansive design in black and red on the longer side and a face inside an ovoid with a red u shape at the top and bottom on the smaller side; Part b: flattened panels with a short side and a longer side divided by a bevelled channel on the reverse, painted with an expansive design on the longer side and a face inside a slightly more elongated ovoid with u shapes at the top and bottom on the shorter side.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Racing Canoe621/1

Dugout racing canoe made from cedar wood with low sides, and one end broken. Canoe has some metal plating over the inside.

Culture
Coast Salish: Kwikwetlem
Material
cedar wood and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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